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WISSANT - In early November, police in the northern French village of Wissant made the first of a series of unusual discoveries in the sand dunes: an inflatable boat intended to ferry people in the dead of night to Britain.

From the beach in Wissant, the cliffs of the British coastline stand as a thick chalky line on

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